The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-12
bucket say sol if not, we'll blow

bucket say sol if not, we'll blow
you out %
"Blow and be damned to yes -
cried one Of the men.
Lighting a small bunch of shaw
ings near the bulkhead, Mr.. Ow-
ems sprinkled into the fame two or
three pinches of sulphur.
A moment later such a yelling as
there was from the two men in the
bottom of the "42O" shaft has sell
dom been heard. First the men
yelled to their friends at the top
of the shaft to hoist" Hist hist
Hist the bucket, for Gods sake !"
As the smell of the burning sui
phur became stronger, and as the
bucket did not at once "hist" the
two men became wild. They got
out Of the bucket and began calling
to and begging the Bullion men to
spare them. The Bullion men
made no answer and, believing they
had retired to- a safer distance to
be out of the way of the explosion,
the two men rushed to the bulk
head and yelled louder than ever.
No sooner had they left the buck
ct than up the shaft it went. All
hope was now gone and while one
of the men began praying the other
frantically yelled for the Bullion
men to "cut the fuse," "For the
love of Good" cried he, "cut the
fuse"
The Bullion boys now relented
and announced to the poor, half
crazed fellows in the shaft that
they had "cut the fuse" and there
would be no explosion.
Heartily did the two "42O" fel-
lows thank the Bullion men. New
er again did any of the "42O" folks
go down that shaft after the pair of
Hibernians had got out Of it and
related their experience; all had a
wholesome dread of the keg Of
blasting powder supposed to be
planted under the platform at the
bottom.
The foregoing is a reminder of a
very effective injunction that was
served on some jumping miners
near the town of Aurora, Esmeralda
county, in the early "bloody days 4"
of that place. The miners at Au-
rora in those times did not have a
very exalted opinion of law such as
was dealt out in that region, and
never allowed its delays" to in
terfere with their undertakings.
An ordinary writ of ejectment or
an Injunction seemed to them much
too slow and very inadequate in its
operations besides, it brought in
the lawyers, those middlemen who,
like two-edged sword, cut and
bring blood on both sides.
One day some miners who had
run long open cut as an approach
to a tunnel they were about to
start, having at last gained proper
depth and face, were greatly aston
ished ON going to work in the
morning to find that q stranger
party had taken possession OF their
claim and were at work on the face
of the cut. The owners remon-
strated with the jumpers, telling
them the claim was not jumpable
and that it was "clean steal"
That might gives right" was the
only answer the jumpers deigned to
make.
The owners then said they would
serve an injunction on the new.
corners. -.
"Serve it and be blowed," said
the fellows" fifty injunctions will
| not move us from the ground"
The owners were obliged to leave
for home. They felt that any in
junction they could obtain in court
would be expensive, q source OF
trouble, and perhaps Intellectual af-
ter all. They therefore set to work
and manufactured an injunction
more in accord with their advanced
ideas in regard to what the powers
of such an instrument should be
This consisted of a quicksilver flask
filled with powder, revolver balls
iron spikes and all manner of mis-
siles. A short piece of fuse was
thrust into the neck and plugged
fast.
Armed with this terrible torpedo
the men returned to their claim
where the jumpers were still Al
work. Stealing quietly to the bank
above them, the owners looked
down into the cut and then hailed
these below, saying: "We have
come with the INDUCTION, and you'd
better get out of that cut"
"To hi with your Injunction
was the reply, "what do We care
for it7"
"Ws1l serve Il on you, then,
said the owners.
"Serve and be Il" said tn
men below.
Lighting The fuse Of their torpedo
which had thus far been kept out o
sight behind tho bank, the mer
brought it into view and crying